Courses & Events
Manus: Building the Hands for AI
Tuesday, Oct 21, 2025
04:30 pm - 05:50 pm
Guest speaker Tao Zhang, Co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Manus AI, joins moderator Dr. Richard Dasher, Director of the US-Asia Technology Management Center for a fireside chat on the capability for intelligent systems to act, not just think — and what that means for the future of general-purpose AI and value creation.
Tao Zhang will join by Zoom, while Dr. Richard Dasher will be moderating in-person.
Open to the public at no charge for in-person or by Zoom attendance. Seminars will take place on most Tuesdays between September 23 – December 2, 2025.
Details
Our seminars will be offered in a hybrid format.
Registration:
- To attend in-person, please RSVP here.
- To attend by Zoom, please register here.
Agenda:
- 4:30 – 5:50 pm Discussion and Audience Q&A
Venue:
- Stanford University, Bishop Auditorium, 518 Memorial Way, Stanford, CA 94305 [Google Map]
Parking options:
- Memorial Way, Stanford, CA 94305 [Google Map]
- Lasuen St. and Roth Way, Stanford, CA 94305 [Google Map]
- Please check parking signs carefully to ensure that permitted parking (A or C) and metered spaces are free after 4:00 pm. Paid parking is enforced around The Oval until 6:00 pm.
Session Recordings are typically posted within 3 business days after each session on our Youtube Channel and the course page here.
Speakers
Tao Zhang
Co-founder and Chief Product Officer, Manus AI
Tao Zhang is the Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of Manus AI, the world’s first general AI agent bridging thought and action. Tao brings deep expertise in product leadership, having previously driven innovation at ByteDance, Light Year (Meituan), and Sensors Data. Manus AI has grown to millions of active users and more than $100M in annualized revenue since launching in March 2025.
